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Arch Hellen Med, 17(4), July-August 2000, 399-401
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Perinephric urinoma and appendicitis
The problem of double pathology
C. VAGIANOS,1 E. FOKAEFS,2 T. PETSAS,3 D. LYMBEROPOULOU,1 C. VAGENAS1
1Department of Surgery,
2Department of Urology,
3Department of Radiology, University
of Patras, Medical School, Patras, Greece
An unusual case is reported of a male patient operated on for an appendiceal abscess, which developed during the course of an episode of right-sided renal colic. Following appendicectomy and drainage of the abscess, the patient developed in the postoperative period a right perinephric urinoma resulting from renal distention and rupture, due to an impacted ureteric stone. Placement of an intraureteric stent and treatment with antibiotics resulted in a cure. The problem of the double pathology and its consequences is discussed.
Key words: Appendicitis, Double pathology, Perinephric urinoma.